Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-28


The question Of the courtesy or dlscourtesy OF
men In public couveyances is 20 entangled with
that OF the general rights OF the public In their
relations to common carriers that much confusion
grows out OF Its discussion. Many women appear
TO think that men are In some mysterious way
under obligations TO compensate 10 them Tor the
breach OF contract committed by the csrriers
Is Just TO lay the blame OF the general over
crowdlng OF cars and stages upon the public The
IL rests with the corporations It Is their plain
DUTY 70 provide every passenger with a seat
Every passenger pays for seat End is entitled TO
IL ana the corporations violate their contracts and
their charters when they compel the public 70
stand and when they crowd the cars 20 sufoeation.
% as oa I'M 81 ns
cars Is thoroughly disingenuous pretense. The
public viii undoubtedly continue 70 crowd the
invited TO do So II Is the duty OF the companies
10 formulate and enforce rules prohibiting the
WHICH % s :, csFs an the m
veyanees all over Europe. II IL the rule In Lon
don, where the crowds are much greater than
riers is manifestly vain me practice Of crowding
the cars Is a standing imposition upon the public.
q, companies which take the money Of the pub
10 oe called and held TO account
As TO the question OF manners, it ought not 70 be
gives me his ea, ' 70 nn az rev man wae
same time compelled to lndorse and support the
rank abuse practiced upon the public by the cor
porations Clearly II is not fair TO treat this ques
ton as simple one OF courtesy There Is IN
VOWED In IL an important issue OF public rights.
and TINS Is the consideration which first demands
attention. Women are certainly not justified In
holding the men accountable for a wrong which
lies at the door OF the carriers Moreover 50 long
manners the abuse o S sn Ss t o
the rapacious corporations that daily and hourly
show their contempt for the public and their In
dlnerence to their own contracts by crowding
their conveyances are quite willing that the VIC
tins should continue Indefinitely TO argue about
the irrelevant issue OF poteness, while they them
serves pocket Tat dividends. But the public ought
by this time to perceive more clearly how the
really stands, and should insist upon the ternna-
at the bottom OF the whole controversy.
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ASaim-HOw To Carve.
FEW MORE SUGGESTIONS ON THrs NECESSARY But
NEGLECTED. ART
From the Nashville American.
man who has just written book on carving
naturally insists that a mans education Is incom.
plete II he doesn't know how to carve Then there
are many, many men OF many, many minds who
stand together In the great ranks or the unedr-
Gated But the book has a great deal In It that IL
interesting
"a dun knife is thing Of terror Il certainly
breeds dyspepsia; It makes delicious visnds un-
savory, and many family quarrel has emanated
from IT," Should you stand or sit when You carve?
ali your might, so as to have fSil pisy OF your m
Giles when you wrestle with goose, and keep your
place when you divide your .princely canyas-back."
Hold your knife gracefully"
Yes, gracefully-but that's Just the rub. Mr..
Murrey says put the thumb on the back OF the
knife, and not the forefnger II the tyro would
practice on ducks he would soon become an ex.
pert, providing you have ducks enough--force
ducks-then Only give slivers OF breast and leave
10 the imagination or your guest your cspabnity
or dissecting legs and wings. Then, besides, as a
duck uses his legs great deal they are muscular
and never are good eating. II is delicate percep-
ton OF the fitness OF tcings which Mr.. Murrey pos
seSses when he writes about the stuffing of geese
thoroughly soaked In grease, cit should not be
served TO any but day laborers." To carve a can
vaS-back duck you want a sharp. study kni e.
and you just split your lovely bird in two Hall a
canVasback duck is what a man should have
mus have or his rights are not respected.
III there he gravy In the dish ruby-colored hon.
estiy, fmpartially give 10 each his share but a
weilroasted canyas-back duck should lose but IT.
Tie OF It's essence. Tie perfect cook keeps II all
Within the oelectable bird. There little dodg-
es about helping TO gravy which Mir. Murrey, as
an expert, knows about III your meat IS dry III
Tie gravy renders II juicy II it lie boiled mutton
and too rare, dash o! white sauce with capers
makes II look better done; but never, no never
pour your gravy from the gravy boat, but spoon It.
A cataract OF gravy swamps any decent appetite.
AZ the National Chess C0ngress.
From the London Telegraph.
The players are In a long room, resembling a
gallery in some feadal castle. The walls are hung
for the present week with crimson and gold draper.
silver Newnes cup, for two years In the possession
OF Mr.. W. NJ. Cattle. Near The fireplace hangs
Resenbaum's celebrated picture, representing A
"Corr Spondence Game, aged Dy British players
against the collective chess Intellect OF the world
Close by are little print OF the immortal A. d.
Phidor, the hero OF the eighteenth century chess
and a capital likeness o. PAU Morphy whose name
Is held in such devout admiration by all students
OF the great Intellectual game I'm which neither
chance nor manual dexterity take a part Down
the center OF the room run rows OF tables. over
which are bending the players In the various CON-
petitions, carefully watched 10y learned
and sympathetic audience. The tables set
apart Tor the "Ten Masters are isolated from
sEs off snna aa USa in
Now "master" at chess Is as mighty parsonage
In his way one or the immortal .Mahatmasr
who cultivate the magic mysteries OF occutlsn
and theosophy in the distant mountains OF Thibet
1ney are, However. by 10 means terrifying or
mysterious men 10 look at some are stern and
grave some are young anu genial, some are blum
and good humored but between the KNOWLEDGE on
the science TO which they are devoted and the
playful smattering or openings and gambirs
possessed by the average amateur there is a great
gulf fixed. They have pushed tie scientific
doctrines OF recognized "besJ possible" moves TO
such perfection That the preliminary skirmish is
little more than the movements OF troops taking
up old ground before entering on the desperate
intricacieS Of the middle game" They scorn
"o6solete combinations" that generations OF
previous "masters' have tried, and ultimate
ly discarded. They have explored all the
devious paths Investigated all possible intrcacies
ana eccentf1clteS Oh carry play, aud t2elr genius,
IL were takes time TO settle and pose itself De-
fore il springs. Into the ultimate phiosophic
future OF chess the mind cannot penetrate-the
idea is too bewildering; but the layman or ambiti.
Gus amateur who sees how openings are developed
and prolonged and extended as tie science grows,
is tempted 10 ask II there Il best possible move
In reply TO every combination OF moves; must not
every game, perfectly played, result in a draw; or
may II not possibly be the case that White, who
always begins, must always win? the same kind
OF perplexing problem seems TO have suggested
neglected the study OF muslc--if he did not alto
gether refuse it-as either an art or a science on
the ground that the possible cofnbinations-that
is, legal and admissible combinations-to be
made out or the seven notes and attend.
ant semitopes OF an octave were Unite, and
that consequently there were only a certain num-
Der OF possible tunes to be made, OF which the
majority had been already constructed, and that
the study was consequently Unite. As musicians
vidual genius, 50 probably the masters would
smile at the carpng critics OF chess True thai the
recognized openings are up TO point familiar and
final but the power OF strategical combination be-
ing stronger naturally, or more practlced, In one
mind than another, the game comes ultimately TO
brain against brain. The marvellous feat o. siiaul-
taneous blindfold playing OF several games Is q
superb example OF What human memory can do.
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Story OF q German Bride.
WHY SIZE CANE TO AMERIcA-HKR FIRST MPREs-
sIoNs.
From the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
The story OF adventures OF foreigners in this
country has often been told, but is still amusing.
German bride, for instance, has recently afforded
some harmless entertainment TO the worthy folk